New Kiwis welcomed in Gisborne citizenship ceremony

Pictured with Mayor Rehette Stoltz (front, centre) are Rey Martin Saldana Agner (Philippines), Jean Jacques Gonzales Cero (Philippines), Daniel Jorge Contreras Arrue (Chile), Josefa Antonia Contreras Rojas (New Zealand), Matias Daniel Contreras Rojas (Chile), Oriana Andrea Rojas Labrana (Chile), Megan Costello (Canada), Jasmin Lee Fuhri (South Africa), Paul David Grant (United Kingdom), Gemma Lee Hain (Australia), Rajwinder Kaur (India), Pawandeep Kaur (India), Ashlesh Kumar (India), Kanishka Singh (New Zealand), Lukas Krkavec (Czech Republic), Petra Samsonova (Czech Republic), Oleg Li (Uzbekistan), Jane Mansell Putnam (United Kingdom), Priscilla Antonette Rigatos (South Africa), Hayley Jennifer Roach (Australia), Tilly Francesca Saunders (United Kingdom),  Pamela Sue Saunders (United Kingdom), Duncan Barrie Munro Scott (Scotland), Elena Serena (Italy), Anna Louise Stratton (South Africa), Shaun Swanepoel (South Africa), Leslie Jacqueline Tuhimatarenga (England), Mariia Wilkens (Ukraine). Picture by Liam Clayton

Gisborne residents from overseas became New Zealand citizens this week at a ceremony at Gisborne District Council.